# Senior Financial Analyst — Control Risks

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Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 14,700 to 21,560 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-09-21
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## Description

Financial and payroll support to High Risk Managed Services
Tasks and responsibilities
Financial Accounting and Reporting:
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities to meet reporting deadlines.
- Analyse financial performance and provide commentary on key variances against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances.
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of income for HRMS department.
- Prepare and review journal entries, accruals and adjustments.
- Report realisation and project profitability for HRMS projects.
- Support budgeting and forecasting processes by providing accurate financial data and insights.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS and company accounting policies.
- Assist with tax, commercial finance and operational teams on accounting and reporting matters.
- Advise the business on financial issues, including FX and tax.
Payroll
- Review the monthly expat payroll. Ensure they are as per HR data and that amounts are calculated and booked correctly.
- Verify that supporting documents are on file for joiners, leavers, and those with contract amendments.
- Have a firm understanding of DIFC Employment Law and Iraq personal tax calculations.
- Assist in attending and resolving payroll queries and issues.
General responsibilities
- Provide ad hoc financial support to HRMS department as required.
- Provide financial support to HRMS Executive Committee as required.
- Assist in the setup and reporting requirements of new legal entities and business expansions.
- Assist with local statutory and group reporting requirements as required
- Assist with internal and external audits as required.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, automate tasks, and enhance financial controls.
- Assist Financial Controller and Regional Finance Director as required.

Benefits
- Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
- Private medical insurance
- Annual Housing Allowance
- Compulsory monthly employer contributions to the DIFC Employment Workplace Saving Scheme
- As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

## Requirements

Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of management accounting
- Experience in an analytical accounting role
- Experience of preparing budgets and forecasts
- Experienced user of MS Excel
Preferred
- Experience of providing financial support in a consulting business
- Experience of providing commercial support, including pricing
- Experience of audit
- Experience of working in a global business
- Experience of statutory accounting

Qualifications and specialist skills
- Candidates must have a reached part qualified status in a recognised accounting qualification
Competencies
- Take the initiative to resolve issues proactively within own remit and recognise when requires escalation.
- Uses creativity to think outside the box and encourages others to do the same.
- Adapts knowledge and analysis to provide effective solutions to clients; makes informed decision when appropriate.
- Delivers on personal objectives to deliver to strategic and department plans, focuses on delivery, strives to exceed expectations.  Shows drive and determination to achieve high standards.
- Uses own knowledge and experience to make sound judgements or assist others with sound judgement.
- Ensures delivery of exceptional service by focussing self on the client’s needs.
- Understands the business as a whole, strategic priorities and own contribution to goals.
- Demonstrates global awareness; Considers the regional and global implications of what we do in our areas of responsibility; Identifies and build relationships across team and region.
- Suggests and makes improvements and efficiencies to manage costs and improve margins.
- Embraces a changing environment, adapts well to changing demands and ambiguous situations and adapts own behaviour accordingly.
- Express self clearly and displays sensitivity to develop constructive relationships with others.  Shows understanding of others in order to influence as appropriate
Behaviours
- All employees are expected to display behaviours reflective of our company values: Integrity and Ethics, Collaboration and Teamwork, Commitment to People and Professionalism and Excellence

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